Rep. Fortney Stark

Democrat  •  13th District, California  •  19th Term  •  Sworn In 1973
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 93%
  • Abstains: 25%

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09/16/09
The Right's Media Bias Hypocrisy

Now some blogs have pulled out the transcript of Pete Stark calling Bush a liar on the floor of Congress in 2007. Ed Morrissey at Hot Air said, ...

Source: The DC Writeup
09/16/09
Pete Stark: Urine terrible thing to waste

...The great public debate marches on: Rep. Pete Stark, the California Democrat who stands to become chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was holding one of those infamous town-hall meetings. A man rose to talk about President Barack Obama's h

09/16/09
Three points about Wilsonstock '09

Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) was getting the tea party treatment at a meeting with seniors in Fremont when a 65-plus guy in the audience launched into a ...

Source: Politico
09/16/09
RE: Fortney Stark

Jones pointed out that in 2007 California's Rep. Pete Stark, a Democrat, apologized on the House floor after calling President Bush a liar during a debate ...

Source: Greenville Daily Reflector
09/16/09
Chastising Wilson, House Democrats Cite Precedents And Say Apology ...

Clyburn was referring to Rep. Pete Stark's (D-CA) apology for saying during a heated floor debate, "Republicans sure don't care about finding $200 billion ...

Source: AHN
09/15/09
Calif. Rep Says He Won't "Waste Urine" on Man's Leg

The indecorous town hall exchanges over health care did not end in August, it seems: Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) was prompted to tell a senior citizen at a ...

Source: CBS News
09/15/09
Guest column: Streamlining federal regulations would cut health ...

One example of government-induced duplication are the "Stark Laws" authored by US Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif. The laws are meant to prevent hospitals and ...

Source: Green Bay Press Gazette
09/15/09
Lawmaker's 'You lie' outburst draws House rebuke

In 2007 Republicans unsuccessfully introduced a censure resolution against Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., for saying during debate that US troops were being ...

Source: 东莞市
09/15/09
Who Should Be Disapproved Of?

The Democrats' hypocrisy is demonstrated by the fact that during the Bush administration, they voted down a similar motion when Pete Stark--one of their ...

Source: Power Line (blog)
09/15/09
House votes to rebuke Joe Wilson for outburst

In 2007 Republicans unsuccessfully introduced a censure resolution against Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., for saying during debate that US troops were being ...

Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
09/15/09
The theater of distraction

What makes this typical "politics as usual" is the fact that many of the same people opposed censure of Rep. Pete Stark for his bizarre comments on the ...

Source: American Thinker
09/15/09
Stark rips AHIP report on Medicare Advantage

... as indispensable for low-income, minority Medicare beneficiaries, when the opposite is true,” Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) said in a written statement. ...

Source: ModernHealthcare.com
09/15/09
House Dems to Introduce Resolution to Condemn Wilson

and Pete Stark (D-Ca.) each called the President a liar while giving actual speeches from the House floor. The Wilson outburst hardly begins to approach the ...

Source: Human Events (blog)
09/15/09
News you need to know

(MSNBC) Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) got a pretty rough earful from an older looking man at a meeting with senior citizens in Fremont, CA, and, well, ...

Source: NBC Washington
09/15/09
RE: Fortney Stark

In 2007 Republicans unsuccessfully introduced a censure resolution against Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., for saying during debate that US troops were being ...

Source: The Associated Press
09/15/09
Congressman (Stark, D-Ca) says some people aren't worth peeing on

...health care town hall event, "Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table." Now Rep. Pete Stark, D-California, is involved in a similar instant YouTube classic, telling a town-hall participant over the weekend t

09/15/09
Pete Stark Saving Every Last Drop

...Pete Stark (D-Calif), was getting the tea party treatment at a meeting with seniors in Fremont when a 65-plus guy in the audience launched into a diatribe about the public option. The man, to the hoots and hollers of his compatriots in the crowd, conclu

09/15/09
RE: Fortney Stark

In 2007 Republicans unsuccessfully introduced a censure resolution against Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., for saying during debate that US troops were being ...

Source: The Associated Press
09/15/09
'You lie' comment draws House vote of disapproval

In 2007 Republicans unsuccessfully introduced a censure resolution against Democratic Rep. Pete Stark for saying during debate that US troops were being ...

Source: eTaiwan News
09/15/09
Congressman says some people aren't worth peeing on

...health care town hall event, "Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table." Now Rep. Pete Stark, D-California, is involved in a similar instant YouTube classic, telling a town-hall participant over the weekend t

Source: CNN
09/15/09
RE: Fortney Stark

As American Thinker points out, these were: “...many of the same people who opposed censure of Rep. Pete Stark for his bizarre comments on the House floor ...

Source: Examiner.com
09/15/09
The Wilson Debate Begins: 'Move Forward' vs. 'Reprehensible Conduct'

Clyburn notes that Pete Stark apologized first to his colleagues and then to anyone who was offended and President Bush. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
09/15/09
RE: Fortney Stark

In 2007 Republicans unsuccessfully introduced a censure resolution against Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., for saying during debate that US troops were being ...

Source: The Associated Press
09/15/09
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Joe Wilson's Censure

Over at Hot Air, we are reminded of previous speeches on the House floor by Democrats such as Pete Stark. And on a subject related to… you guessed it. ...

Source: The Moderate Voice
09/15/09
Rep. Stark refuses to pee on constituent's leg at Town Hall, cites waste of urine. Really

...Pete Stark, the pride of the East Bay in Congress since 1973, gave us a new high in Town Hall entertainment the other day at his Fremont Townie. After a constituent -- and we're all constituents... "Mr. Congressman, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's

09/15/09
Rep. Stark to constituent: I won't 'waste' urine to pee on your leg

Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) told a constituent at a recent townhall meeting that he wouldn't "waste the urine" to pee on the man's leg. As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, and a video confirms, the man stood near the congressman and listed off what

Source: The Hill
09/15/09
Dem panel pushes for reform

Rep. Pete Stark, for one, had declared that some of these moderates were "brain dead." Democratic House leadership, though, after consultation with the ...

Source: msnbc.com
09/14/09
House may vote on formal rebuke for Rep. Wilson outburst

...room. Two years ago, the House voted 196-173 to table House Republican leader John Boehner's resolution to censure Rep. Pete Stark after the California Democrat suggested that then-president George W. Bush enjoyed U.S. casualties in Iraq. A reprimand vo

09/14/09
Joe Wilson: Little support for shout-out

...altogether different, he was personally disrespting the President and he did it on National TV.. And Republicans are also using Pete Stark as an excuse?....except the they're really reaching with that one, especially when Stark made his comments on the

09/14/09
RE: Fortney Stark

And Republicans are also using Pete Stark as an excuse?....except the they're really reaching with that one, especially when Stark made his comments on the ...

Source: The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau (blog)

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